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Monthly Archives: January 2012

During winter break I traveled with nine other students and professor and Fulbright scholar Mart Stewart to Vietnam to engage in cultural exchange and do independent research on the catfish industry. The following are some of pictures from the escapade that I hope speak to the sights, sounds and tastes we experienced.

In Vietnam you have to cross the street with confidence. Don’t stop and don’t run!

People exchange money for goods in a convenience store in Ho Chi Minh City.

Men sit at little plastic tables to eat at a roadside cafe.

Paste is used as adhesive for stamps.

A woman places candles in front of Notre Dame Cathedral.

A man cleans up a restaurant at the end of the evening.

Dr. Nam Son explains the urban development of Ho Chi Minh City on the 49th floor of the Bitexco Tower.

The Bitexco Financial Tower is the tallest building in Vietnam.

A woman prepares food in an alleyway in Saigon.

Sap drips from a slit in a rubber tree.

A moon bear resides at Cu Chi WIldlife Preserve.

A groundskeeper at a war memorial burns leaves and other waste.

A guide models the technique to entering and exiting the Cu Chi Tunnels.

Vietnam War veterans tell stories of their endeavors at the Friendship Society.

A gas station that provides fuel for ferries and boats in a floating market bobs in the Mekong River.

Two girls stroll the streets of Saigon selling balloons.

A girl feeds a duck on Tiger Island.

People on Hondas unload from a ferry on the Saigon River.

Dwellings perch on the edge of the Saigon River.

Christmas decorations lights up the streets of Can Tho.

People sort fish at the night market in Can Tho.

Children play with palm fronds on the waterfront of the Mekong River.

An organic farmer who also moniters a portion of the Can Gio Magrove Preserve poses for a portrait.

For an early Christmas present my step-dad lent me, and later gave me, a new fixed 50mm f/1.4 Nikkor lens. Oh boy is it nice to have a fast lens with such flexibility in depth of field! I was playing around with it during finals week while studying with a friend. Here’s just a few shots: